Alcyoneus (disambiguation)
Alcyoneus is a Giant, and opponent of Heracles in Greek mythology.
Alcyoneus or Alkyoneus may also refer to:
- Alcyoneus, a character in Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus novels, see: List of Camp Half-Blood characters
- Hylaeus alcyoneus, a bee species endemic to Australia
- Alcyoneus, a handsome youth intended as a sacrifice to the Greek mythological monster Sybaris, rescued by Eurybarus
- Alcyoneus, a character mentioned in Quintus Smyrnaeus' epic poem Posthomerica (2.364), in which he is a member of the Ethiopian army led by Memnon, fighting on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War
- Alcyoneus, an alternate name for Ischys, the son of Elatus and Hippea, and also the lover of Coronis
- Alcyoneus, the son of Antigonus II Gonatas
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